Planning for Storage

For many organizations today, data is their most important asset. Losing data can mean losing thousands or even millions of dollars in revenue. Organizations can help protect valuable data by ensuring adequate, available, and secure storage. To manage and secure data, you can use a number of technologies with the Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 operating system, including direct-attached storage, storage area networks (SANs), network-attached storage, Windows server clusters, Volume Shadow Copy service, Distributed File System (DFS), and Automated System Recovery (ASR).

For information about backup and recovery, see the Storage Technologies Collection of the Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference (or see the Storage Technologies Collection on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit).